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Biden has already visited more local D.C. restaurants than Trump as president—here's why it matters

Joe Biden went for a bagel last weekend. Some restaurant owners are hoping an industry-wide bail out is next

Can we exit this dystopian train already? Alas, «Snowpiercer» & apocalyptic fare keep chugging along

It's not the show's fault that it dropped as the world was coming apart. But that doesn't make us want to watch it

How to make a perfect French 75, the gin cocktail with the welcome effervescence of sparkling wine

Ask the Oracle Pour: What should I drink today? All signs point to the French 75

Amnesia nation: To «forget» the Trump era is a toxic act of privilege — and very dangerous

«Moving forward» without a public reckoning is an act of willful blindness — and a massive historical mistake

Forget about a GOP crack-up: Republicans rally around a defeated Trump because they understand power

Sorry, but the GOP won't tear themselves apart — they're too attached to power to let Trump and QAnon break them up

Donald Trump's Big Lies: How millions of Americans were radicalized

Trump isn't Hitler, but he used a similar strategy to try to poison democracy. Republicans must reject his lies

Mark Meadows performed life-changing favors for Madison Cawthorn, then turned on him. Why?

Former North Carolina congressman and younger man who replaced him have a long history. Somehow it went south

Blind spot: The eye doctor, the U.S. senator and one of Trump's last-minute intercessions

Trump commuted the sentence of a Medicare fraudster who lavished gifts for years on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez

Syfy's charming «Resident Alien» lets its star(man) shine, despite muddled metaphorical aspirations

Syfy's latest comic book adaptation makes the most of Alan Tudyk's versatility and too much of other elements

«Harry Potter» & the problematic creator – What's left for a fandom raised on false tolerance?

«Harry Potter» fans are faced with trying to separate art from artist after a live-action series is rumored

The myth of bipartisanship: Will a fully radicalized GOP finally blow up D.C.'s silliest fantasy?

Republicans voted to back Trump's violent insurrection — there's no use wasting time trying to compromise with them

Why Senate Republicans are still playing defense for Donald Trump

It's Trump's party now — so much for a fair impeachment trial

Trump's horror show isn't nearly over: The coup wasn't defeated, only slowed down

Trump is both a symptom and a cause of America's terrible ailment. Whether or not he returns, the disease is real

Trump named Capitol riot lawyer to federal board — as one of his final acts

The lawyer, who represents the family of a dead rioter, is friends with Rep. Mo Brooks, under scrutiny for his role

The FBI, terrorism and the progressive left: This is a job for Kamala Harris

The FBI remains obsessed with progressives, when right-wing violence is the immediate threat. Harris can help

There's a little bit of Larry King in every decent interviewer, whether they like it or not

For better or worse King's 63 years in the entertainment business left its mark on how hosts speak to power

The case for (and against) wearing two masks

Politicians have been spotted «double-masking» in public. Is two better than one?

Biden promised «no malarkey» — he can start by ignoring McConnell and nuking the filibuster

There is nothing unifying about telling the majority who backed Biden that they'll get nothing for all their effort

America's national healing depends on Donald Trump facing real punishment

Trump is out of power, but his shadow lingers and his enablers are everywhere. To heal, we must have justice

Tom Cotton's «Army Ranger» dissembling goes back at least eight years

In a 2014 campaign ad, Cotton said he «made tough decisions as an Army Ranger in Iraq.» He never served as a Ranger

A test of Biden's commitment to diplomacy: Appointing Rob Malley as Iran envoy

War hawks and the pro-Israel lobby are pushing hard against Malley as envoy to Iran. That's all you need to know

TakingCaraMAGA: What to do when your favorite mommy influencer is outed as a Trump supporter

The boycott of a popular baby sleep trainer raises questions about accountability for Trump's supporters

AMC's tense «Salisbury Poisonings» shows how easily terror and toxicity almost consumed a small town

Based on the true story of how a former Russian intelligence officer was targeted in England and what came next

Trump's coup didn't fail just from incompetence — credit the progressive activists who stopped him

To defeat the GOP's assault on democracy, it's critical for everyday voters to understand that they do have power

The great GOP crack up: Mitch McConnell is still scrambling to lead Donald Trump's Republican Party

Leaving Mitch in the ditch: Trump loyalty may prove too potent a force in the GOP for McConnell to handle

Author Rick Perlstein on the challenge ahead: «Biden knows that he is managing a dying regime»

Author of «Nixonland» to Joe Biden: «There is no sweet spot» that will «turn off the spigot of reactionary rage»

Sidney Powell releases Kraken — on herself, with new super PAC not far from Mar-a-Lago

Trump attack dog's new PAC can raise unlimited amounts of money; Powell faces a $1.3 billion defamation suit

«Jim Crow relic»: Progressives push Chuck Schumer to dump Senate filibuster

A «tool of segregationists» that has «outlived its usefulness»: Activists mount a push against Mitch's roadblock

The hero biochemist who pioneered COVID vaccine tech was professionally spurned for years prior

Dr Karikó was demoted and fired for believing in mRNA vaccine technology. Her work may yet save the world

How McDonald's Szechuan Sauce went from a «just fine» '90s relic to a riot-causing cult condiment

Parallel to Szechuan Sauce's rise to fame is a complex narrative about the Americanization of «global» flavors

The «WandaVision» TV homages aren't mere storytelling gimmicks – they're strategic metacommentaries

The Marvel TV show makes us question the reality of what's happening by presenting an unreality we know

Why profound personal connections are lacking in our lives — and how to find them

We've lost a sense of feeling understood by each other. Two researchers think they can change that

Anti-Semitism and Israel: Right-wing Zionists play a deadly word game

An expanded definition of «anti-Semitism» is primarily meant to silence Jewish critics of Israel. It won't work

Trump's Diet Coke button is a reminder of the most laughable, hypocritical parts of his presidency

«Trump seemed to believe that rules, of any sort, don't apply to him. That guided his food and beverage choices»

Why do so many astronomy discoveries fail to live up to the hype?

«Breakthroughs» come along regularly but often don’t hold up under scrutiny — and could undermine trust in science

Scientists get closer to understanding Mars' ice ages by looking to Antarctica

Mars had multiple ice ages during the past 800 million years. Here's how scientists figured it out

Betsy DeVos and the politics of fear: A not-so-fond farewell to Trump's education secretary

DeVos was terrible at her job and knew nothing about public schools. That was exactly what the far right wanted

My grief made me cynical about men

My father's death left me feeling abandoned, believing every other man would eventually leave too

The uncanny genius of «Walking on Thin Ice,» Yoko Ono and John Lennon's poignant final collaboration

«I think you just cut your first number one,» Lennon told Ono during their 1980 recording session
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